Norton Shores, Michigan

Norton Shores population, 2020 to 2024

Norton Shores added 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +82. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Norton Shores is 2.1 times that size.

Norton Shores covers 23.24 square miles of land and 1.38 of water, for 1,079 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Norton Shores is less dense than the typical town.

What county Norton Shores is in

All of Norton Shores's residents live in Muskegon County, which had 177,428 residents in 2024. Norton Shores holds 14.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Norton Shores

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Norton Shores by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49441, 49444. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Norton Shores is

The Census internal point of Norton Shores is at 43.169500, -86.235400. Lansing, the capital, is 90.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Muskegon, MI (37,287 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 32.6 miles away.

Daylight in Norton Shores

At 43.17° N, Norton Shores gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Norton Shores

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Muskegon Heights, 2.3 miles away, with 9,806 people.